SCIOTO COUNTY, Ohio (WOWK) – A West Virginia man and an Ohio woman have been arrested for alleged possession of large amounts of suspected crack cocaine.
According to the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force, Stephen Hopkins, 49, of Huntington, West Virginia, and Jasmine Martin, 31, of South Point, Ohio, were arrested following a traffic stop.
Police say they stopped the vehicle near mile marker 9 on State Route 823 in Lucasville, Ohio and seized more than 5,000 grams of suspected crack cocaine. The Southern Ohio Drug Task Force says the estimated street value is $574,600.
Hopkins and Martin are each charged with one count of felony first-degree trafficking in drugs and one count each of felony first-degree trafficking in possession of drugs,…